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0:00 – On this episode we discuss: 00:55 – The Penguin, Wiseguy: David Chase and The Sopranos, Chimp Crazy and More That We’ve Been Watching.  02:49 – The Penguin We get into our initial thoughts on the first episode of the new spin off of 2022’s The Batman. Colin Farrell is back, covered in prosthetics,...

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Welcome to episode 3 of “The Podcast About the Podcasts About Television” where we delve into the torride tale of Drea De Matteo trying to launch some sort of Sopranos podcast! Jim and Jakob learn that it isn’t just as easy as coasting on your celebrity and star status and simply launching a rewatch podcast...

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We have a very special discussion for you all this week! We are going all the back to The Sopranos pilot (“Those goddamn ducks”) but we are discussing it in comparison to the original script! Between the path of the show being developed, to eventually getting made for HBO and the differences between what is...

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Paramount+ has released a new television series chronicling the making of one of the greatest movies in cinema history, THE GODFATHER. Jim and Jakob have discussed all of the Sopranos and recently the Godfather films so we get together to discuss the first episode of the show “The Offer”. How does it stack up against...

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Jim and Jakob watch and react to the finest commercials featuring the cast of The Sopranos! It’s hard out there for a working actor sometimes so the degree of quality is quite a range, but come along for the ride! This one might be best viewed on our Youtube channel here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaaOyhTXNDo Please email...

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Jim and Jakob are here with a CROSSOVER EPISODE! We watch the film “The Art Of Self Defense” in relation to two of our favorite shows, THE SOPRANOS and COBRA KAI! That makes no sense, you say? Just listen, we make it work, I promise! Please email us your thoughts at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow....

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Jim and Jakob get together to watch another mob movie classic, “Casino”, and it’s comparison to the Sopranos. Directed by Martin Scorsese in his eighth collaboration with Robert Deniro, it tells the story of the mob’s role in building Las Vegas and is essentially a spiritual successor to “Goodfellas”. Please email us your thoughts at...

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We’re doing something different this week, inviting Jakob’s Girlfriend ™ to the studio to start The Sopranos from the very first episode, with the unique perspective of someone who watched The Many Saints of Newark before ever seeing the show. In this Jimless episode, Jakob gets to take on the all-knowing visage that Jim donned...

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It’s finally here! The long awaited Sopranos prequel film, The Many Saints Of Newark is here! Join Jim and Jakob as we discuss the film, our reactions, our expectations and of course things we loved and things we didn’t love. Subscribe To Our Youtube Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYp6DXXGWMuOSaqwWvsLDOQ Please email us your thoughts at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or...

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Jim and Jakob get together to discuss the latest trailer for the upcoming Sopranos prequel film, “The Many Saints Of Newark”. We take this last opportunity to process our excitement and wonder at what this upcoming film will bring and our reactions to the lead up.

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Jim has never seen The Godfather 3, so he might as well watch The Godfather CODA: The Death Of Michael Corleone which Francis Ford Coppola looks at as the definitive cut! The bastard stepchild of the Godfather trilogy is looking for redemption, does it deserve it? Please email us your thoughts at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet...

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Welcome to Cut To Black! A Sopranos Sitdown! Jim and Jakob are back to discuss the new trailer for The Many Saints of Newark (A Sopranos Story), their expections, hype level and most importantly, their FEAR.

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Tis the season for more James Gandolfini! We delve back into the career of James Gandolfini, this time co-starring with Ben Affleck, Catherine O’Hara and Christina Applegate! Talk about a recipe for success! Or absolute failure, either one. So grab a hot chocolate, your comfy Christmas pajamas and snug up with Jim and Jakob for...

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We are doing a dive into the career of one James Gandolfini, that’s right, Tony Soprano himself! But he isn’t always Tony Soprano or even Kevin Finnerty, this time he is Colonel Winter the warden of the military prison at the heart of “The Last Castle”. Also starring Robert Redford, Mark Ruffalo and Clifton Collins...

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We are back to discuss one of the most celebrated sequels of all time! The Godfather II! Obviously a great movie, but does it’s reputation hold up? Is it better than the original? Join Jim and Jakob to discuss this thing of ours. Please email us your thoughts at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe...

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It’s us, Jim and Jakob! We are back to discuss The Sopranos! This time through the lens of the first Godfather film and I’m not sure if you have heard but The Godfather is a great movie! Get your macaroni and gravy and leave the gun but take the canoli as it is a new...

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Jim and Jakob are back to discuss the new Netflix Docuseries, Fear City: New York vs. The Mafia, that’s right we have some new mob entertainment to enjoy and we get to discuss the series as a whole and how it relates to our favorite show, The Sopranos. Please email us your thoughts at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com...

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We told you we would be back! Jim and Jakob are checking in to reflect on the Sopranos as a whole and read some feedback from you dear listeners! Thank you so much for everyone that took the time out to submit a theory, feedback, review or a question, and of course for listening! This...

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Cut To Black checking in to let you know about a new Sopranos podcast called “Made Women” hosted by Drea De Matteo (Adrianna La Cerva) and her close friend, entrepreneur & New Jersey native Chris Kushner, as they give you an insider look at The Sopranos. You can subscribe HERE

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Welcome to Cut to Black: A Reel History Special. This is a crossover between two of our Shows What You Know podcasts! On Cut to Black we discuss The Sopranos; on Reel History we dig into the historical context of movies and television. This episode bridges the gap between both podcasts as we’ll be using...

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We have finally done it, we have made it to the end. Jakob Burrows can now say that he has seen every single episode of “The Sopranos”, he can no longer be spoiled and he wants to shout it from the rooftops! How deserving that our discussion of the series finale “Made In America” is...

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Before we get to the end, we must take a look back to where it all started! Jim and Jakob revisit the pilot and while looking back we discuss the series as a whole as Jakob gears up to finally get to that CUT TO BLACK. What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet...

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It is really starting to sink in that we are coming to the end. Jim and Jakob’s journey through the Sopranos is almost at that final Cut To Black, but before that we have a superb episode that sees tensions really coming to a head between New Jersey and New York, possibly the end for...

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Christopher Moltisanti is now dead, who’s next!? One of Phil’s guys makes things too personal with the Soprano family and Tony responds, while AJ’s recent progress takes quite a down turn. Jim and Jakob are hurtling towards the final CUT TO BLACK. What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and...

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Well, we are certainly coming up on the end of The Sopranos! This episode we bid farewell to someone that has been with us from the beginning and we follow Tony as he desperately wants to share with someone that it is a relief. What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please...

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AJ is depressed dealing with the fallout of his cancelled engagement, Tony is pushing him towards the college life with some unintended results. Paulie and Christopher are doing what they do as their feud continues and Chris tries to maintain his sobriety and Sopranos is almost over! What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or...

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A grown man made a wager, he lost, he made another one, he lost again, but that isn’t the end of the story when that man is named Tony Soprano. Tony Soprano is on a gambling kick and mostly coming up on the losing end, this builds tension between Tony and Hesh, meanwhile Carmela sells...

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We are back with episode 15 of season 6 as Tony is yet again feeling pressure from the sins of his past as he and Paulie have to lamb it as the feds are closing in. Not only that but we finally get some quality Uncle Junior time as he gets to relive a small...

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Jim and Jakob are back, sorry for any delays but we are savoring these last few episodes as we are quickly coming up on the end of The Sopranos. This episode we get some big updates on Chris’s film “Cleaver”, we see how that effects Tony personally and we say farewell to long time character,...

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Here we go, the home stretch, the final Sopranos season premiere of the run. Jim and Jakob go on a ride that starts with the past coming back to haunt Tony in the form of a tossed gun and hollow point bullets and travels to a lake side cabin with an important game of Monopoly....

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This is it! Just in time for Thanksgiving we have the Season 6A finale that spans the holiday season! Jim is pretty down on this episode as he has issues trying to separate it from being a “season finale”, we discuss the season as a whole and where things are going from here as we...

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The Sopranos Season 6A is winding down and it seems like we have seen the last of poor Vito, meanwhile Carmella has an awakening overseas. Join Jim and Jakob as we gear up for the home stretch and head toward the ending of The Sopranos What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow....

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Vito is struggling with living the civilian life, Johnny Sack is facing the repercussions of living the gangster life while Tony just has fun shitting on his sister Janice and his brother-in-law Bobby. What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word...

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Everyone is chasing that feeling, whether it be an amusement park ride, a drug fix or just the rush you get when you are committing crime, we all have our things. Tony is still dealing with every day being a gift, but maybe not always the best gift. Come along for the RIDE. What’s your...

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AJ is getting tired of living vicariously through his father’s lifestyle and thinks about taking the next step, Vito tries to be himself and Tony could possibly be a new man. What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your...

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Rusty still needs to get whacked, Chris is off to Hollywood with Little Carmine to have a sitdown with Ben Kingsley and Artie Buco is going to Artie Buco. Jim and Jakob, your warm and convivial hosts are back to breakdown more of Season 6 What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow....

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Word is out about Vito’s secret and the Soprano family has to react, but has Tony’s outlook on life made him a kinder, gentler gangster? Meadow and Finn gonna Meadow and Finn and Carmela is still worrying about her financial security. What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review...

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Ok, we are out of the coma world, we are out of the hospital and we are back in the suburbs of New Jersey and back into the universe of The Sopranos. What a better way to signify this than a big, gaudy wedding for Johnny Sac’s daughter! Things are coming to a head as...

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Jim and Jakob are back! After a small stay at the “Inn At The Oaks”, we were able to break out and come back to reality and get back to discussing THE SOPRANOS! Apologies about the delay, but you know how near death experiences go but now a great wind carries us across the sky....

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NEW PODCAST ALERT! In Blank Meets Blank we invent a new TV show every episode, starting with two random hat drawings and ending with a pilot, a first season summary and a fantasy cast. This is something we’ve been working on behind the scenes for a while (eagle-eared listeners will note references in this pilot...

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Can we get some mob violence on this show!? Why of course we can, we can start right out with it this week as a matter of fact! Tony is still in limbo, wondering if he just might be Kevin Finnerty, while Silvio is finding out just how lonely it is at the top while...

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Who am I? That is the question that Tony Soprano is currently grasping with as he lays in a hospital bed with a gun shot wound to the gut, meanwhile the other Tony is stuck in Costa Mesa with someone else’s life (or briefcase). This is the beginning of the end and death is all...

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We are back to dig into Sopranos Season 6! Jim and Jakob are here to discuss the episode “Member’s Only” where we get to spend some more time with Eugene a soldier in the Soprano family as well as catch up with Tony Soprano that seems to have had some very good years since we...

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We are here to deliver our SUPER-SIZED discussion of the Sopranos Season 5 finale, “All Due Respect”! Tensions continue to heat up between Jersey and New York as Tony doesn’t want to eat shit from Johnny and Phil Leotardo is out for blood. AJ may have found his calling and some little kids sing “Mr...

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What Empire Online calls the greatest Sopranos episode ever is finally here for us to discuss! Tony and Carmella are coming to an agreement to get back together, Christopher and Adrianna will never be the same and the drama in New York takes an interesting turn. Join Jim and Jakob as they discuss the penultimate...

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It’s about time we really get inside the mind of one Tony Soprano, and what better way to do that than a 20 minute dream sequence!? This is vintage David Chase as he gives us not what we want, but what we need. Plus Jakob LOVES dream sequences, RIGHT!? What’s your opinion? Email us at...

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Is Tony Soprano a likable person? Does Tony Soprano spread nothing but misery to the people he loves? Season 5, episode 10 “Cold Cuts” tries to answer these questions and we may not like the answer. What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread...

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Sorry about the delay but Jim and Jakob are back with some more Cut To Black! Picking up with Season 5, we check in with episode 9 as we get a further glimpse into the lives of Meadow and Finn and we find out that Tony and Carmella getting back together may be a bit...

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This week we get to be a fly on the wall and hang out at a Soprano family gathering to celebrate Hugh De Angelis’s 70th birthday! A surprise party that Junior Soprano couldn’t help but ruin, as the mafia family story lines take kind of a back seat (heh) but are still bubbling below the...

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